The Latest Red Date Cultivation Techniques and Methods Tutorial
Red date is also called Chinese jujube, belonging to the genus Ziziphus in the Rhamnaceae family. Red dates contain very rich vitamins and are extremely popular in our country. Red dates are used for making porridge and soup, and also have high medicinal value. Many people think red dates are processed, but actually red dates are cultivated, and the dried red dates seen on the market are simply red dates with the moisture sun-dried out. So how should red dates be cultivated? Today our editor brings you the cultivation techniques for red dates, let's take a look!
1. Planting methods
Before planting, dig planting pits of appropriate specifications first, and when digging the planting pits, be careful to keep the topsoil and subsoil separate. Then put an appropriate amount of green manure and farmyard manure into the planting pit before backfilling soil; after backfilling, the soil should be appropriately 20-35 cm higher than the ground. When planting, dig the planting hole, place the seedling in the center of the planting hole, then fill in soil, and when filling soil be careful to tread while filling. After filling the soil, make a circular tree disc along the sapling and cover it well with plastic film to improve the soil's ability to retain fertilizer and water. When planting, pay attention to the planting density to prevent the saplings from affecting each other's growth after growing larger and reducing yield.
2. Fertilizer and water management
After successful planting, do a good job of fertilizer and water management in the orchard to promote the seedlings' absorption of water and nutrients and enhance their early-maturing growth ability. Half a month before the jujube trees sprout in spring, apply an appropriate amount of urea and water under each young tree to promote the young trees' sprouting and emergence. Jujube trees have a large tree form and bear many fruits, so their demand for water and fertilizer during growth is relatively great. Therefore, after the young trees sprout, we should apply fertilizer at least once every month, and water appropriately according to the soil moisture content and the growth condition of the jujube trees. When topdressing, pay attention to the concentration and the topdressing position, and do not damage the jujube tree roots, which would hinder the growth of the jujube trees.
3. Shaping and pruning
As just mentioned, the tree form of jujube trees is relatively large. If the jujube trees are not shaped during growth and are allowed to grow freely, problems such as excessive vegetative growth of branches and a closed canopy may occur and affect the growth of the jujube trees. Therefore, we should carry out reasonable shaping and pruning according to the growth of the jujube trees, and after planting promptly cut off the root suckers and excess branches. Use growth regulators reasonably to control the growth of outer and terminal branches and the use of nitrogen fertilizer, preventing excessive vegetative growth. However, they must not be used excessively, otherwise the growth of the jujube trees may stop, making it impossible to flower and bear fruit.
4. Reasonable intercropping
The planting spacing between jujube trees is relatively large, which causes a large part of the land resources to be wasted. In order to fully use the land and improve the land utilization rate, we can reasonably intercrop in the orchard, but we must choose the intercrop plants well and must not choose tall crops such as corn. This is because tall crops have relatively great nutrient demands; they will not only compete with the jujube trees for nutrients, but also block the sunlight of the jujube trees because they are too tall. Therefore, the intercrop plants should preferably be leguminous crops, or green manure can be planted. In this way, not only is the land fully utilized and weeds reduced, but after maturity they can also be turned into the soil as natural farmyard manure, providing sufficient nutrients for the jujube trees.
The above is a brief introduction to red date cultivation techniques. Red dates are very common in our lives. Moreover, because red dates are rich in nutrients, their market demand is also very great. However, it should be noted that because the cultivation area of red dates is now growing larger and larger and the yield is increasing more and more, competition is strong and the market price is also gradually declining. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. Thank you all for reading and supporting.